Silversun Pickups - Panic Switch Lyrics

Time is never worth my time
blue shine bleeds into my eyes
I still sleep on the right side
But white noise can't leave the scene behind
Could I be anything you want me to be
If so is it meant to be seen

When you see yourself in a crowded room
Do your fingers itch are you pistol whipped
Will you step in line or release the glitch
Can you fall asleep with a panic switch

When you see yourself in a crowded room
Do your fingers itch are you pistol whipped
Will you step in line or release the glitch
Do you think she'll sleep with a panic...

I'll try to hold on tight tonight
Pink slip inviting me inside
Want to burn skin and brand what once was mine
But the red views keep ripping the divide
If I go everywhere you want me to go
How will I know you'll still follow

When you see yourself in a crowded room
Do your fingers itch are you pistol whipped
Will you step in line or release the glitch
Can you fall asleep with a panic switch
When you see yourself in a crowded room
Do your fingers itch are you pistol whipped
Will you step in line or release the glitch
Do you think she'll sleep with a panic...

Movements are made slow motion in frame
I'm waiting and fading and floating away
The curtains are torn and the setting decayed

I'm waiting and fading and floating...
I'm waiting and fading and floating away
I'm waiting and fading and floating away
I'm waiting and fading and floating away
Waiting and fading
Waiting and fading

When you see yourself in a crowded room
Do your fingers itch are you pistol whipped
Will you step in line or release the glitch
Can you fall asleep with a panic switch

When you see yourself in a crowded room
Do your fingers itch are you pistol whipped
Will you step in line or release the glitch
Do you think she'll sleep with a panic...

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Anonymous

It's about a nervous break down. The singer said so. Was the last song they put on the album before locking it down.

Anonymous

I'm getting the vibe that he's the guy on the side of this girl's relationship.
"It's never worth my time."
Because this relationship isn't going anywhere. It's just hooking up and casual.
"Do you see yourself in a crowded room?"
The girl is selfish and doesn't see the people she's hurting with her cheating.
"Can you fall asleep with a panic switch?"
He wonders about her conscience and how she sleeps at night,
"And I'll try to hold on tight tonight."
He's getting bored.
"I want to burn skin and brand what once was mine"
You can get that him and this girl have a history.
"I'm waiting and fading and floating away"
He's moving on to better things.

I didn't feel like analyzing every line, but that's what i understand of it.

Anonymous

Do you you think he might be paranoid of losing the one he wants/needs? Is he afraid she'll sleep with someone else?

Anonymous

Panic Switch is about the mental/emotional struggle of Japanese Troops during World War II to maintain a foothold on the island of Iwo Jima during the U.S. Marine assault.

Anonymous

Sorry but I agree with who ever said it was about a nervous breakdown. I mean think about it throughout the song this person is loosing it. ("When you see yourself in a crowded room...") If you are going through a nervous breakdown you panic and loose control especially when you feel crowded-in in a small place. All you want is to be isolated even from your closest friends, therefore at the end she's "waiting, and fading, and floating away." Also doubt it's about sex; I mean who panics and freaks out when they're having sex.

Anonymous

Um, lessee, not evil, not drugs, not mental illness. Only one thing left. Must be about sex!

Anonymous

it's actually not about either of those things.. but you're both headed in the right direction. Try again.

Anonymous

morons; all of you, you ever have a nervous breakdown or feel like one is coming, like you just want to throw the switch but cant and end up sinking into yourself. and not having support, so your answer is to lose it or "release the glitch". does everything have to be about drugs and devils? You must be cool!

Anonymous

Of course it's about the devil. If you can't understand it , it has to be right? Idiot.